课件25张PPT。If winter comes,
can spring be far behind?
Shelley--- Ode to the west wind
Unit 2Can you remember any poems you learned when you were a child? Can you remember any poems you have read in high school, either in Chinese or in English? Can you recite any?
Warming Up
In the quiet night
So bright a gleam on the foot of my bed---
Could there have been a frost already?
Lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight.
Sinking back again, I thought suddenly of my home.
By Li Bai
静夜思
床前明月光，疑是地上霜。
抬头望明月，低头思故乡。
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the skyRhyme like a poem!Rhyme and rhythm are essential to poetry.
Without rhythm, there wouldn’t be poems.Can you find something like a poem?poempoetpoetryrhymerhythmrhythmicWhy do people write poems?
People write poems
to tell a story
to express feelings
to make others laugh
to tell the life or friendship
to delight the kids
to tell stories
to describe the seasons or scenes
for entertainment
as the lyric of a song A FEW SIMPLE FORMS OF ENGLISH POEMSReading◆What five kinds of poems does the reading
passage talk about?Five kinds of poemsNursery rhymesCinquain List poemsHaiku Tang poems◆What five kinds of poems does the reading
passage talk about?Five kinds of poemsNursery rhymesCinquain List poemsHaiku Tang poems Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,
Papa’s going to buy you a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird won’t sing,
Papa’s going to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring turns to brass,
Papa’s going to buy you a looking glass.
If that looking-glass gets broke,
Papa’s going to buy you a billy-goat
If that billy-goat runs away,
Papa’s going to buy you another today.1. What is the baby’s father going to buy if the mirror goes broken?2. What is the baby’s father going to do if goat runs away?
He’s going to buy the baby a billy-goat.He’s going to buy the baby another today.Poem A I saw a fish-pond all on fire
I saw a fish-pond all on fire,
I saw a house bow to a squire,
I saw a person twelve-feet high,
I saw a cottage in the sky,
I saw a balloon made of lead,
I saw a coffin drop down dead,
I saw two sparrows run a race,
I saw two horses making lace,
I saw a girl just like a cat,
I saw a kitten wear a hat,
I saw a man who saw these too,
And said though strange they all were true.
Our first football match
We would have won…
if Jack had just scored that goal,
if we’d had just a few more minutes,
if we had trained harder,
if Ben had passed the ball to Joe,
if we’d had thousands of fans screaming,
if I hadn’t taken my eye off the ball,
if we hadn’t stayed up so late the night before,
if we hadn’t taken it easy,
if we hadn’t run out of energy,
We would have won…
if we’ve been better!
Poem CPoem C1. What sport do you think the speaker is writing about? Football.2. Did his or her team win the game?No. 3. Why didn’t the players win? Write down three excuses that the speaker gives.didn’t have enough time; didn’t have thousands of fans screaming; stayed up too late; ran out of energy.4. Does the speaker really believe his or her own excuses? How do you know?No. Because at the end of the poem the speaker admitted that they didn’t play well enough to win.5. Do you ever give excuses when you don’t win or do something? Brother
Beautiful, athletic
Teasing, shouting, laughing
Friend and enemy too
Mine Summer
Sleepy, salty
Drying, drooping, dreading
Week in, week out.
Endless 兄弟
爱美，又爱运动
爱闹，爱叫，又爱笑
是我的朋友
也是我的敌人 夏日
困乏，刺激
干涸，枯萎，恐怖
周而复始
永无止境Poem D,E 1. What subject is the speaker writing about?Poem D: His/ Her brother.
Poem E: Summer.2. Does the speaker like the subject?
Give a reason for your answer.Poem D: Yes. Although the speaker describes a couple of negative aspects of his/ her brother, the reader can feel the affection that the speaker feels for his/ her brother.Poem E: No. The reader gets the feeling that the speaker can’t wait until the summer is over. The words drooping, dreading, week in week out and endless convey this feeling. A fallen blossom
is coming back to the branch.
look, a butterfly!
(by Moritake) Snow having melted,
The whole village is brimful
of happy children
(by Issa)落下的花朵
回到了树枝上。
瞧啊，是个蝴蝶！
作者Moritake 雪儿融化了,
整个村庄充满着
欢乐的儿童。
作者IssaWhere she awaits her husband,
On and on the river flows.
Never looking back,
Transformed into stone.
Day by day upon the mountain top,
wind and rain revolve.
Should the journey return,
this stone would utter speech.
(by Wang Jian) 望夫石
王健
望夫处，江悠悠。
化为石，不回头。
山头日日风复雨，
行人归来石应语。 What is the story that the poem tells? Tell the story in your own wordsA woman’s husband has gone away. The woman waits for him by the river where she last saw him. she waits and waits never moving form that spot and never speaking, while the river continues to flow and the wind and rain come and go.Poem HThe woman may have the feelings of :loneliness:she was alone watching her husband on the mountain top.love:she waited year after year despite wind and rain.trust:she believed her husband would come back one day.sorrow:year after year, she waited and waited without seeing any hope of her husband’s coming back, she was very sad.Nursery RhymesStrong rhythm and rhyme, a lot of repetition, easy to learn and to reciteList PoemsRepeated phrases and some rhymeCinquainMade up of five lines, convey a strong picture in just a few words.HaikuMade up of 17 syllables; Give a clear picture and create a special feeling in just a few words.Tang PoemsThe translations have a free form.The characteristics of the forms of poems√√√√√√√√√√√Discussion: Are poems good for our life?
What can we get from poems?1. Poems bring passion (激情)to our life.2. Poems help us to understand life, virtues, beauty and romance. 3. Poems make us know we are here and that we can make our life and the world more colorful and beautiful!
